Grow Organic Salad Leaves and Greens

Grow Organic Salad Leaves and Greens

by Charles Dowding and Stephanie Hafferty
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 02/07/2023

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'An essential book for every kitchen and garden.' NIGEL SLATER

'The number one book for anyone who loves salads.' ANNA PAVORD

'Charles is a passionate and accomplished gardener'. RAYMOND BLANC


An updated edition of the definitive guide to salad leaves, with everything from sowing and growing leaves to delicious salad recipes.


Salad leaves can flourish in a range of settings – whether on a windowsill, in your garden or on the allotment. This compendium of practical methods will inspire you to grow a wide variety of salads throughout the year, including lettuce, spinach, cabbage, beets, endives and chicories. Beautifully designed with colour photos throughout, Grow Organic Salad Leaves and Greens includes detailed information on how to grow micro-leaves using organic and permaculture principles, enabling you to enjoy fresh salad while also lowering your carbon footprint.


Written by the guru of no-dig, Charles Dowding provides an overview of all you need to grow productive, healthy and tasty salads. He shares vital knowledge and gardening tips, from advice on indoor propagation to coping with slugs and other pests. The guide also includes delicious and imaginative recipes by Stephanie Hafferty, exploiting the fantastic flavours, colour and vitality of home-grown salad leaves.


Learn the subtleties of salad seasons and the virtues of different leaves throughout the year with this practical guide.

ISBN:
9780857845559
9780857845559
Category:
Organic gardening
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
02-07-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Charles Dowding

Charles Dowding is an internationally recognized organic gardening expert and winner of the 2014 Garden Media Guild Practical Journalist of the Year award. He talks on radio and television and contributes articles to many magazines, including Gardeners' World, Gardens llustrated and Grow It! He gives regular talks, runs courses and advises many gardeners on best practice, including the National Trust in the UK.

He is a veteran organic grower, having practised no-dig gardening for many years. In his gardens over the years he has run experiments to compare differences in growth between vegetables on dug and undug soil. He has discovered different patterns of growth in most seasons, with slightly lower yields, more weeds and slugs found on the dug beds. He is currently establishing a new garden to illustrate no-dig practice and form the basis for a new experiment.

He says: "I have always been interested in lookiing 'behind the scenes' and asking why things are as they are, questioning practices that are taken for granted. This led me to grow organically, at a time when the chemical approach was rarely challenged." His books for Green Books are: Organic Gardening: the natural, no-dig way Salad Leaves for All Seasons How to Grow Winter Vegetables Gardening Myths and Misconceptions

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